Animation
Assign Week 4
SPRING SEMESTER - Week of Jan 27, 2020
1. Monday
Introduction to Frame by Frame Walk Cycle.
- Students follow along with presentation
- Students will understand the 8 different walk cycle poses
- Students will recreate Walk Cycle Version 1 & 2
- Walk Cycle Version 1
- Character Walking in Place (Peg Motion Tween)
- Walk Cycle Version 2
- Character walking in Place (Moving Background)
- Turn into Google Classroom
- Walk Cycle Version 1
2. Tuesday
Intro to Character Rigging (Rigging with Forward Kinematics)
- Students follow along with presentation and set up layers in a harmony document that will rig a character.
Learning Target
- Animate a Character's walk cycle using rigging techniques.
Success Criteria
- Know the main walk cycle poses
- Create layers and apply naming system for body parts
- Use child-parent relationships to create a hierarchy
- Use pegs to group layers together.
Character Rigging / Inverse Kinematics Walk Cycle.mp4
Video: How To:
- Set up layers for Character Rigging
- Inverse Kinematics Walk Cycle
3. Wednesday
Introduction to Inverse Kinematics Tool (Rigging with IK)
- Students follow along with presentation about the the Inverse Kinematic Tool
- Practice using the IK tool in Harmony
- Create a Walk Cycle using either Inverse Kinematics or Forward Kinematics.
- Turn into Google Classroom
- Add to portfolio website
Deformation Tool (Rigging).mp4
Video: How to use the Deformation Tool and Rig a Deformation character.